Pure Light

How do you embrace uncertainty?

How can you train yourself to become fearless in the face of the unknown?

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Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: How do you react to uncertainty? The moment you're faced with uncertainty Two kinds of uncertainty

Links to Leo Babauta's work: Zen Habits Fearless Purpose ebook & training system Sea Change (for changing habits) Fearless Training Program (for training in uncertainty) Fearless Mastery Mastermind

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When you show up with awareness and willingness, new possibilities come into existence.

Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: Are you living in fear… without even knowing it? Are you letting past ideas about yourself make your decisions for you? How do you react to uncertainty? The moment you're faced with uncertainty Safety, stuckness & self-negativity

References: New Study Shows Humans Are on Autopilot Nearly Half the Time

"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To life fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again." –Pema Chödrön

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Are you using your power?

Or are you deferring it to the past?

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Related episodes & posts: Are you letting past ideas about yourself make your decisions for you? Another form of self-rejection

References:

"Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future." —Zig Ziglar

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." —Buddha

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Are you building a new future?

Or re-creating the past?

Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: The real point of meditation The voice inside your head How to get out of your head Autopilot Autopilot & assumptions about yourself

References: New Study Shows Humans Are on Autopilot Nearly Half the Time

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." —Einstein

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Are you worried that what you want isn't possible?

What becomes possible when you choose to look at that as an invitation to grow?

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Related episodes & posts: Do your dreams seem impossible? Here's why that's a good thing "I can't do that. That's impossible." How to change your self-image

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How does creativity infuse magic into your life?

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References: Har mantra

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." —Napoleon Hill

"The universe exists on at least two levels.... The first is the material world, the visible physical sphere in which you and I dwell. Then there's the second level. The higher level. The second level exists "above" the first but permeates the first at all times and in all instances. This second level is the invisible world, the plane of the as-yetunmanifested, the sphere of pure potentiality. Upon this level dwells that which will be, but is not yet." —Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey, #10

"A machine can't do that. A supercomputer packed with the most powerful A.I. system can't do that. In all of Creation, only two creatures can do that. Gods. And you and I." — Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey, #10

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." —Maya Angelou

Recommended Reading on Creativity:

By Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic

By Austin Kleon: Steal Like An Artist

By Steven Pressfield: The War of Art Turning Pro The Artist's Journey

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When you do something creative on a consistent basis, what does that do for you?

What are you cultivating when you practice creativity?

Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: 3 great reasons to let go of your expectations The voice inside your head "I can't do that. I'm not that kind of person." How do you react to uncertainty?

References:

"Fear is always triggered by creativity, because creativity always asks you to enter into realms of uncertain outcome, and fear hates uncertain outcome. This is nothing to be ashamed of. It is, however, something to be dealt with." —Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

My creativity practices: My 1000th photo in 1000 days (note: the majority have been archived) A video a day for 40 days This podcast

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How are you using your mental and emotional energy?

In a way that serves you?

Or in a way that's bringing you down?

Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: "I can't do that. I'm not that kind of person." Nervous energy Negative thinking spirals

References:

"Unused creativity is not benign. It metastisizes. It turns into grief, rage, judgment, sorrow, shame." —Brené Brown, research professor, University of Houston

Creativity practices: My 1000th photo in 1000 days (note: the majority have been archived) A video a day for 40 days This podcast

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How do you prevent your inner critic from showing up in the first place?

Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: The voice inside your head Inner criticWhat happens when you try to fix or change yourself Say goodbye to negative self-talk What it really means when you beat yourself up "I'm trying to be good."

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When your inner critic shows up, what do you do in that moment?

How do you break the pattern of letting it take over what's going on in your mind?

Resources & References

Related episodes & posts: The voice inside your head Inner critic Say goodbye to negative self-talk What it really means when you beat yourself up Negative thinking spirals

Guided breathing practices: How to reset yourself (in 3 minutes) A meditation for inner peace Feeling triggered? Try this meditation

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